DARTMOUTH COLLEGE V. WOODWARD
- Historians believed that the decision encouraged business investment and growth.
Ruling of Lower Courts
- The supreme court decided that New Hampshire had unconstitutionally interfered with dartmouths' charter
Arguments of Both sides
- Daniel Webster, arguing for the dartmouth college trustees, maintained that the legislature have violated article 1, section 10 of the constitution
THE BACKGROUND
- In 1769 the king of england granted a charter to dartmouth college
The Decision
- In 1816 the state legislature of New Hampshire passed laws that reconsidered the charter
The Dissent
- The decision ruled in favor of the college and invalidated the act of the New Hampshire legislature.
- Darmouth continued as a private college.
- John Marshall was against the case because he wanted it to be a public school.